My kiddos are quiet picky so when I do spend hours in the kitchen with a new creation I am so discouraged when I bring the meal to the table and hear moan and groans from the peanut gallery. Our table becomes a battle field to simply get them to eat.
However despite this I am now on a mission to find new recipes that the whole family will love. (I would love to hear some of your kid friendly recipes) I think a 30 day challenge is in order... I know if I say I will cook 30 new recipes in 30 days would be WAY too ambitious for me. So I think I would be safe to say I could cut that goal in half and do 15 new recipes in the next 30 days....
This week is Mat's vacation therefore I am not getting a very good start at my goal. We were kid-less for 2 days ( thanks so mush mom we really enjoyed it!!!) and then Kaitlyn's birthday was yesterday. I don't know about you but when the honey is home in my house a schedule doesn't seem to exist, the house looks like the disaster monster threw up and I completely lose whatever little desire I might have had to cook. But I set a goal and here are 2 new recipes that I have got around to trying!
This was very good and Very easy! I served it with wild rice and a salad. 2 of my 3 kids really liked it while the other one ate it but wasn't too thrilled.Mat when he heard what I was cooking wasn't so sure either however after trying it said he really liked it. I on the other hand loved it and hid the leftovers for myself to enjoy the next day :)
I also made BLT's for the first time. Why haven't I made those before.. they were so quick and easy I have no idea?? And guess what... the kids even loved them. I couldn't eat them but I had the leftover Balsamic Chicken so it was all good :) I made them on sandwich thins and instead of just mayo I made a mixture of cream cheese and mayo. *Note the kids just had bacon lettuce and bbq sauce on theirs but hey that was an easy change.
I don't know why but I have it in my head that a recipes that takes under 30 minutes isn't going to be good.. Well looks like I have a lot to learn!!! And I am so encourage because I am learning that at the end of the day when my brains are fried from homeschooling all morning, all I want to do is clean my house and not spend an hour in the kitchen just making more of a mess for me to clean up later.. that I CAN make a good dinner in 30 minutes or less!!!
All in all my 1st two attempts to change up our family menu were a success! I am off now the see what new recipes I can add to my list... We are BBQing at the beach tomorrow ( hopefully we won't get rained on.. it is almost June already right??)!!! Food always tastes so much better outside. Happy Weekend Everyone!
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